Bank-check protector.



W. W. WNTN.

BANK CHECK PROTCTOR APPuATIoN min ocLzo. :912.

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:Benn-cinica PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

, Patenten May tarots.

Application led ctober 20, 1917. Serial No. 197,624.

To @ZZ whom z't may concern:

Be it known that l, WALTER W. W'INTON, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Scranton, in the county of Lackawanna and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Bank-Check Protector, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are:to preventchanging the intent as expressed by writing on a check; torender it substantially impossible to change the engrossing or 1mprintof a check of the character mentioned; to avoid the use of machines, theoperation of which may be simulated or duplicated; and to provide meansfor accomplishing the above-stated purposes, which may be producedcheaply. v

Drawings.

Figure 1 is a face view of an apparatus constructed and arranged inaccordance with the present invention;

2 is a cross section of the same, the section being taken as on the line2-2 in l `ig.-1;

Fig. 3 is a similar view of a modified form of the invention, showing inconjunction therewith a check engrossed and protected by the presentapparatus;

Fig. al is a cross section of the same, the section being taken as onthe line H in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of the modified form of the invention,the section the line 5-5 in-Fig. 3.

Description.

As seen in the drawings, a folder constructed ofcardboard or liber has aseries of slits 11 oppositely disposed adjacent the upper` edge of thefolder. The lower end section 1Q, of the folder is overturned as shownbest in Fig. 2 of the drawings, to form a pocket within which the lowersection 13 bf the transfer sheet 14 is placed. The section 13 isfurnished with a series of score lines 15. The lines 15 are provided toregulate the tearing or severance of sections of the sheet 14 when it isdesired to shift the same on the folder 10.

The slits 11 above referred to, are spaced apart distances equal to thedistance separating the lines 15. This enables the operator to place theupper corners of the sheet 14 through the various slits 11 to steady thel Shcetl-L whenheld by the end section 12. The section 13 of the sheet14C is held firmly within the pocket thus formed by the section 12, by aserrated or burred section 16 with which the folder 10 is provided.

It has been found that under proper conditions if a check is engrossedor has written thereon by means of a typewriting machine,

words and numbers indicating a certain amount and other data, such asthe names of the payee and payer, the fiber of the paper is opened bythe pressure and becomes stained or colored by the color medium 17 onthe sheet 14. When, therefore, an attempt is made to erase or otherwisealter the intent of the check, it will be found impossible to entirelyeradicate the ink from the paper and particularly from the liber at theinterior thereof, owing to the fact that the ink deposited by the pen ortype on the one surface sinks into the body of the paper from one sideto mingle with the body of the ink imparted to the back of the check b ythe color medium on the sheet 14.

When and as the medium 17 becomes eX- hausted in any particular point,one of the sections at the lower edge of the sheet, as indicated by thelines 15, is removed from the sheet and said sheet is then readjustedy0n the folder 10, and after proceeds in the forth.

The modification shown in Figs. 2 to 5, inclusive, consists in providinga transfer sheet 18, the entire surface whereof is provided with colormedium. The score ines 15 when imparted to the sheet 18, inclndes the"portion coated with the color medium. The transfer sheet 18 in themodified form of the inventiomis held in position on the folder 10 byoverturned tab sections 19. The sections 19 have burred portions 20,which operate to grip the sheet 18 to hold it in service position on thefolder 10.

lrt will be noted that the extremities 21 of the end sections 12 areadhered to the body of the folclor 10 to form pockets for retaining thetransfer sheets 14 and 18. Also, the sections 19 in the modified form ofthe invention shown in Fig. 3, have sections 22 which are attached byany form of adhesive to the bodyof the said folder.

the operation theremanner above set 1. A protector 'as characterizedcomprisgai ing a transfer sheet having prearranged severing sectionsdisposed adjacent the loafer edge osaid sheet to he eliminated 'fromsaid sheet for altering the operating receive the upper corners of saidtransfer sheet when the lower edge thereoil rests in said pocket; and acoloring medium disposed on said sheet for imprinting on the haelr ol" adevice superposed thereon for being imprinted thereupon,

2. .t protector as characterized comprising a transfer sheet havingprearranged severing sections disposed adjacent the lov-7er edge or saidsheet to be eliminated from said sheet for altering theV operatingposition of seid sheet; a folder constructed 'of relatively 'hardmaterial having formed at one edge thereof a poelet for holding saidtransfer sheet, said folder having adjacent the corners of the oppositeedge ot said folder a series oiinclined slits adapted to receive theupper corners of said trans-ter sheet the lower edge thereoiE rests insaid pocket; a coloring medium disposed on said sheet for imprinting onthe hack of a device superposed thereon for heing iinprinted thereupon;and means provided in said folder for holding in service said sheet,said means embodying burred sections operatively connected with saidfolder.

3. A protector as characterized comprising a transfer sheet havingprearranged severing sections disposed adjacent the lower edge of saidsheet to he eliminated from said sheet for altering the operatingposition of said sheet; a folder constructed of relatively hard materialhaving formed at one edge thereof a pocket for holding said 'transfersheet, said folder having adjacent the corners of the opposite edge ofsaid folder, a series of inclined slits adapted for receiving the uppercorners of said transfer sheet when the lower edge thereof rests in saidpocket; a coloring medium disposed .I

on said sheet for imprinting on the hack of a. device superposed thereonfor being imprinted thereupon; and means provided in said folder forholding in service said sheet, said means embodying leurred sectionsintegrally formed With said Jfolder.

WALTER W Winron.

